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Radio Leeds,20 Aug 2026,4 mins

Yorkshire cases in UK wide Salmonella outbreak

Need To Know West Yorkshire

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The UK Health Security Agency has recently declared a national outbreak of salmonella food poisoning after one person died and hundreds more fell ill with the bug. Although not yet proven, imported eggs or dishes containing them are the leading suspects as to the cause. Toby Foster spoke to Professor of Public Health, Andrew Lee about how concerned we should be and how we can mitigate any risk. Image Credit: Getty

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